In the last two games, we made a conscious effort to hit line drives. The guys did a little better job at the plate, which was encouraging.

You have got to win the mid-week and non-conference games if you want to make it to the post season. These games are important. I felt like we played down a little to the competition yesterday, but I was pleased to see us put them away today.

Through our first five games, we have seen four or five possible All-Americans. Our defense has been playing OK, but we need to tighten up some things so we can combat the other team's pitching.

We need to do the same things we have been doing. It will take the same effort to beat Rushville.

We just can't find the way to close out games in the final two minutes. Our effort was there again in the entire game, but our mental lapses on both ends of the floor cost us a good chance at a victory.

We have a tough stretch of games coming up, and hopefully we can build on the effort we put in on Saturday and move forward and finish the year strong.